Freedom of speech and academic freedom are not the same thing. Sometimes they are mutually exclusive.
Jay Bergman
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Hamas supporters threaten Western civilization
At my campus, CCSU, hatred of all things American and a healthy dose of hostility to Israel are virtually a requirement for graduation.
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Suppression of speech at CCSU is never acceptable
Unless universities are what John Stuart Mill famously termed “a free marketplace of ideas,” in which ideas are like the products in stores consumers evaluate freely before purchasing, they are mere engines of ideological indoctrination.
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SCSU faculty wrong in their reaction to Southington high school race issue
It is not an established fact that America today is systemically racist, favoring whites over people of other races, and that all whites are complicit in this.
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At CCSU: More questions than answers on ‘mandatory reporters’
As a historian of the Soviet Union and international communism, I find CCSU’s policy of mandatory reportage profoundly disturbing.
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The corruption of K-12 education via instruction on racism
Like many Americans, I am despondent over the corruption of K-12 education in America.